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IT was previously reported1–3 that washed suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus synthesize aminoacetone from either threonine or glycine and the new amino-ketone was isolated in crystalline form. Laver et al. 4 and Kikuchi et al. 5 have independently demonstrated the formation of aminoacetone by preparations of red blood cells and have shown that the system which forms δ-aminolævulinic acid is responsible for this activity.
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ELLIOTT, W. Methylglyoxal Formation from Aminoacetone by Ox Plasma. Nature 185, 467–468 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185467a0
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